Take-up for looms.



No. 642,686. I Patented Feb. 6, I900; C. 8|. W. E. FISCHER &. G. F. KUETT.-

TAKE-UP FDR LOOMS.

(Application filed Apr. 5. 1899.

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No. 642,686. v Patented Feb. 6, I900.

C. & W. E. FISCHER &. G. F. KUETT.

TAKE-UPFUR LOOMS.

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' NIT I) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES FISCHER, WILLIAM E. FISCHER, AND GEORGE F. KUETT, OF PATERSON, NEIV JERSEY.

TAKE-UP FOR LOOMS.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,686, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed April 5, 1899. Serial No. 711,840. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES FISCHER, WILLIAM E. FISCHER, and GEORGE F. KUETT, citizens of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Winding or Take-Up Attachment for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in receiving-rolls for looms.

The objects of our improvements are, first, to provide a way to prevent the goods from being so easily soiled by dust and the like; second, to provide a compact and convenient means of handling and removing the finished goods from the loom; third, to provide a means of changing from one width of goods to another conveniently and without any material loss of time,and,fourth,to provide a way by which the tension or pressure on the Hoods as it is being wound on the roll is not affected by thick places, folds, lumps, or the like passing between the rolls. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of our invention complete, also showing the line of travel of the goods. Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view with the side hand-wheels left 01f the center roller and also shows the position, by the dotted lines, occupied by the roll and bracket and when the roll is partly filled with finished goods. Fig. 4 is a front view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail plan of the top roll-bracket. Fig. 6 is a side and Fig. 7 is a rear end view of the same. Fig. 8 is a detail side View of the lower roller-bracket, and Fig. 9 is a plan of the same. Fig. 10 represents in detail an end view and a plan of part of the lower receiving-rolls. Fig. 11 represents two views of a hook used in the lower roll to hold the end of the goods, and Fig. 12 represents two ends of the spring. Fig. 13, Sheet 2, represents a perspective view of a modification of the winding apparatus, showing the upper bracket with two open bearings on the rod instead of one.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

On a shaft 5 there is a roll 1, clamped between the hand-wheels 2 and 3, which are also on the shaft 5. Said roll is caused to re volve with the shaft 5 by tightening the screw 18. The hand-wheels 2 and 3 are tapered outwardly from the base or where they join the roll 1 for the purpose of giving room for the brackets 11 and 20 when using wider rolls than 8 or 10. At the rear end of thebrackets there is a rod 6, supported by a stand 16, secured to a rail placed on a loom-frame. The upper bracket 11 is supported at one end by the rod 6, and in the other end of this bracket 11 the roller 8 is held horizontally against the roll 1. The lower bracket 20 is also supported at one end by the rod 6, and the other end holds the receiving-roll 10 against the roll 1. These two brackets 11 and 20, with their rollers 8 and 10,have aspring 17 connecting them.

In the figures, the finished goods coming from the loom is represented by 12 and its direction is indicated by the arrows.

The top bracket, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, consists of two short side pieces 11, each connected at one of their ends by a crosspiece 31 and also at a point near their centers by a cross-piece 30. From the center of 31 there is a short rearw'ardly-extcndin g arm 13, the end of which has a single open bearing 25, which engages the rod 6 from above. The rod 6 acts as a support for the single end 13 of the top bracket. The other ends of the arm 11 have also open bearings in which the roller 8 revolves.

The bottom bracket (shown in Figs. 8 and 9) consists of two arms 20, connected near their centers by two cross-pieces 22 and 21. This bearingengages from below the rod 6, on which the bracket is held. The other ends of the arms of the bracket also have open bearings in which the axle of the roller1O revolves. In the cross-piece 21 of the lower bracket there is a hole 29, in which is inserted the hook at the one end of the spring 17. (Shown in Fig. 12.) In the upper bracket 5 there is also a hole 14 in the center crosspiece 30, in which is inserted the hook at the other end of the spring 17.

The lower roller 10 is the one on which the [inished goods are wound and consists of a roller and axle 9, as shown in Fig. 10, and also has a hole 28 for the purpose of securing one end of the goods by passing the hook 27 through IOC the goods, and as the top of the hook 27 is below the surface of the rollerit does not interfere with the goods in winding. The top roller 8 is the same as thebottoni one 10, with the exception of the retaining-hooks. The surface of the rollers 8 and 10 press against the surface of the center roll 1 and revolve with it.

The tension-spring 17 has the tendency to draw the upper and lower brackets to which it is fastened together and serves to keep the open bearings 23 and 25 firmly in their place on the rod 6. The spring also serves, as before mentioned, to keep the axles 7 and 9 of the rollers 8 and 10 firmly in the bearings 26 and 24 to cause the rollers to press horizontally and with a certain amount of tension or pressure on the center roller 1. As the shaft 5, carrying the roller 1, is revolved by similar mechanism (not shown) it causes the rollers 8 and 10 to revolve with said roller by frictional contact through pressure exerted by thespring 17.

The goods are represented by 12, and when the shaft 5 and roller 1 are revolving the goods pass around part of the surface to the rear of the roller 1, then from the under side over about one-half of the surface of the roll 8, then over the cross-piece 30 of the top bracket, from thence to and under the cross-piece 21 of the lower bracket. From this point the goods pass to the receivingroller 10, on which they are wound. The roller 10 turns with the roller 1, receiving all its motion from the surface. Hence it matters not how much goods are wound on it the speed on the surface of the increasing circumference of the roller and goods is the same the whole time. The goods pass from the roller 8, (see Fig. 3,) over the cross-bar30, then down and under the cross-bar 21, then to the roller 10. This passing over and under, respectively, 30 and 21 causes acertain amount of tension on the rollers 8 and 10 and acts together with the spring to draw the upper and lower brackets toward each other. The spring in consequence need not be as heavy or as strong as would be required if the Whole tension had to be derived through the spring. In the above case the goods actually make most of their own tension. As the goods are wound on the receiving-roll 10 this roll, with the goods, necessarily increases in diameter, and consequently forces the roller in the lower roller-bracket farther from the roller 1, which causes an extra tension on the spring 17. The position occupied by the lower bracket and the roller 10 when the goods have been partly wound on the roller is shown by the dotted position in Fig. 3.

The roller end of the top bracket and the roller 8 can be raised free from the roller 1 by simply lifting it in putting the goods around, the flexibility of the spiral spring permitting of this, and the same is the case if the roller of the lower bracket were pressed down. It would when released assume its normal pressure on roller 1.

The end 32 of the arms 20 of the lower bracket is made of sufiicient length to extend beyond the roller 10 when it is filled. This extended piece serves the purpose of a handle by which to press down the lower bracket, and it also would have the function of ways for the axle 9 of the said roller in the act of removing it. If it is desired to remove the goods from the loom, they can be out near the roller 10, and the lower lever pressed downward, and the roller, with the goods, removed and another roller inserted in the bearings 2t, and the hook 27 of the roller 10 passed through and secured to the end of the goods ready for winding on.

The top bracket has onlya single open hearing in the end of the projection 13. This is for the purpose of being able to lift one side of the roller 8 or tip it sidewise, if necessary,

and still have the other side keep its pressure on the surface of 1,the open bearing 25 permitting of this while it is in engagement with the rod 6. This is to permit a lump or fold or any foreign substance to pass under one side of the roller 8 without affecting the pressure of the tension on the goods.

In Fig. 13,Sheet 2, the upper bracket has two open bearings resting on the rod 6. The upper roller 8 when lifted will now rise horizontally when any substance, &c., passes between it and the roller I. In some cases this arrangement serves the purpose for which it was intended; but the single foot or support 13 of the upper bracket on the rod is much more efficient. W'e desire, however, to have it shown both ways. The upper-bracket, with double bearings on the rod 6, is similar to the lower bracket, (shown in Figs. 8 and 9,) and if it is necessary or convenient for any reason to use a single purchase on the rod instead of the two bearings in the bottom bracket one similar to the upper bracket shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 can be used. Thus any of the above combinations-of single or double bearing at the rear end of the brackets 11 and 20 may be used.

One of the principal benefits derived from our invention lies in the fact that both brackets can be freely removed from the rod on account of their open bearings. Other brackets similar, either wider or narrower, and rollers to suit can then be put in their places. In this way a very rapid change can be made in changing from one width of goods to another, which usually takes considerable time and labor.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a yielding winding apparatusfor looms, the combination of, the revolving shaft, a roller upon said shaft and hand-wheels attaching the roller to the shaft, the upper bracket, the lower bracket, the rollers 8 and 10, the cross-bars 30 and 21 on said brackets, Which cooperate with the rollers in directing the course of the goods, the fulcrum-rod, and the spring connectingthe brackets as and for the purpose set forth and described.

2. In a yielding winding apparatus, the combination of a shaft and roller thereon, with the upper and lower brackets each containing a roller in open bearings, the fulcrum-rod supporting the brackets, the spring, the rear projection 13 with the single open bearing, the cross-pieces 30 and 21 serving asa brace and a connection for the spring, and cooperating with the rollers in directing the course of the oHAs. FISCHER. WM. E. FISCHER. GEORGE F. KUETT.

Witnesses:

J. F. MASTERTON, O. SLINGLAND. 

